The controversial comments came during a meeting with 40 or 50 Padres season-ticket holders at Petco Park the day after the brawl between the Dodgers and Padres last week. Yahoo! Sports obtained a 4-minute, 29-second recording of that conversation.

Zack Greinke will be sidelined about 2 months with a broken collarbone. (AP Photo)

"He threw at him on purpose, OK?" Garfinkel told the season-ticket holders. "That's what happened. They can say 3-and-2 count, 2-1 game, no one does that. Zack Greinke is a different kind of guy. Anyone seen 'Rain Man'? He's a very smart guy."

Garfinkel, who later made mention of Greinke’s social-anxiety disorder, has admitted he took things too far. He apologized to Greinke and Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten.

"I was emotional the day after the game and regrettably, while defending our player, I said some things I shouldn't have, especially as it relates to Zack Greinke," Garfinkel told Yahoo! Sports. "I was out of line and I apologize. Obviously, I don't condone fighting and I wish it wouldn't have happened. You never want to see any player get hurt."